Teru Kurebayashi, is a young (16-ish) teen, who lives by herself and goes to an elite private High School on scholarship. Her parents died a few years ago in an accident, and at the start of the book her older brother becomes ill and passes away under mysterious circumstances. Before his death, though, he gives Teru a cell phone and an email address of one of his friends that goes by the user name "DAISY". Daisy, is charged with looking out for Teru, and in her solace she exchanges messages and becomes very emotionally attached to him.Being alone and very poor, Teru ends up getting a job working as an assistant to the school's custodian, Tasuku Kurosaki. Kurosaki, is actually "Daisy", which is obvious to everyone, except of course, Teru. Even though Kurosaki is kind to Teru in the online world as "Daisy", offline he keeps her at a distance by teasing and being standoffish. The reader quickly finds out that his hot/cold actions are because he is in love with Teru, but something is holding him back.
This series looks like it is going to be a much nicer version of the mysterious, cool, overprotective, alpha male falling in love with the sweet, young, innocent Mary Sue type. Which is still creepy, but at least nicer than the series, "Hot Gimmick" or "Gravitation" where the male leads are downright abusive to their "love interest".
Side Note: "Dengeki" means something like electric or electronic (or so I have read). Since she only communicates with Daisy through her cell phone, I guess the series title fits. (and BTW, this is First book in a series, so 2 Bonus Points!!!)
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